1983 African Youth Championship

1983 African Youth Championship
Tournament details
Dates 25 July 1982 - 16 April 1983
Teams 18
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Ivory Coast

The African Youth Championship 1983 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):

Preliminary Round

Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mauritius and Senegal (Senegal lost one match to Gambia 0-2) did not play in this round. This meant a bye was given to respectively Ivory Coast, Gabon, Angola, Sudan, Togo, Morocco, Swaziland and Gambia. Liberia won against Guinea (home 2-2 and away 2-1), but were disqualified due to using ineligible players. All in all, not a single teams actually qualified for the next round on its own results.

First Round

Swaziland withdrew after losing a match to Zimbabwe (1-5). Equatorial Guinea were disqualified after using ineligible players against Ivory Coast (they had already lost 4-1).

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sudan  2–4  Egypt 1–1 1–3
Guinea  3–2  Togo 2–1 1–1
Gabon  0–3  Nigeria 0–1 0–2
Angola  1–3  Cameroon 0–1 1–2
Gambia  1–2  Algeria 0–0 1–2
Morocco  4–0  Tunisia 4–0 0–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  1–1 (p: 7–8)  Guinea 1–0 0–1
Nigeria  3–2  Zimbabwe 3–1 0–1
Cameroon  2–5  Ivory Coast 0–2 2–3
Algeria  (a)3–3  Morocco 2–0 1–3

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  2–3  Nigeria 2–1 0–2
Ivory Coast  (a)2–2  Algeria 1–0 1–2

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  3–4  Nigeria 2–2 1–2
 1983 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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